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0. E. GOULD. Spool Exhibiting Case.

Patented June 28,1881.

RS. Pholo-Llllwgnpher. Waihinglun. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. GOULD, OF FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FLORENCEMACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPIO'OL-EXHIBITING CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,443, dated June 28,1881.

Application filed March 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. GOULD, ofFlorence,in thecountyof Hampshireand State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for ExhibitingSpools, &c., of which the following is a' specification.

My invention relates to cases or cabinets containing drawers which areemployed for holding spools, balls, or rolls of silk, thread, or othermaterial; and the object of the invention is to provide for readilydusting off the silk or thread in each drawer, both upon the under andupper sides of the spools, and also to prevent dust from accumulating inthe drawers.

To this end theinvention consistsin adrawer for coutainin g spools orballs of silk or thread or'rolls of other material, having a skeletonbottom containing openings which are less in Width than the diameter ofthe spools, rolls, or balls, but which are greater in length than theaxial length of said spools, rolls, or balls, whereby dust and dirt isnot retained as it would be in a drawer having a solid imperforatebottom, and provision is afforded for readily dusting off the spools,rolls, or balls both upon their under and upper sides. '.Eh6 bottom ofthe drawer is preferably composed of two series of intersectingpartitions, forming spaces for spools, balls, or rolls, and less inwidth than the diameter of the spools, balls, or rolls, but greater inlength than the axial length of said spools, balls, or rolls.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view andpartial section of a case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents avertical section thereof at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig.3 representsa perspective View of one of the drawers upon an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A represents the case, which may be of any design and ornamentation, andB B B designate drawers, which are made to slide within the case,oneabove an ther, and in this example of my invention are provided withgrooves or slideways a, which fit upon ribs or rails b on the interiorof the opposite sides of the (No model.)

case, as. seen in Fig. 1. The drawers preferably have glass fronts C,which may be secured by clamps c at each end, and have also handpiecesd, formoving the drawers in and out..

The drawers B B are alike, and will first be described.

Instead of having a solid bottom, as is usual, these drawers have askeleton bottom composed of a series of strips or cross-bars, c, whichextend at right angles to the front of the drawer, and which rest uponledgesffat the front and back of the drawer, and a second series ofcross -bars, g, extending at right angles to and intersecting thefirst-mentioned series and parallel with the front of the drawer. Inthis instance the cross-bars g are round rods, which fit in holes in thedeep and narrow strips or cross-bars c. The two series of intersectingbars form spaces which should be less in width--that is, between thebars g-- than the diameter of the spools, rolls, or balls to be placedin the drawers, but which should be greater in lengththat is, betweenthe cross-bars ethan the axial length of the spools, rolls, or balls.The spools, rolls, or balls will then fit loosely between the crossbars6, and will rest upon and between and be held against rolling by thecross-bars g.

The drawer B has its bottom composed of strips 6, or cross-barsextending at right angles to the front, and other cross-bars, 9,extending parallel with the front; but in this case the cross-bars g,instead of being round rods, as in the drawers B B are flat stripssimilar to the strips 6, and the two series may be notched and halvedinto each other at their intersecting points.

It is obvious that a drawer thus made is lighter than one in which theintersecting strips or cross-bars are placed upon a solid bottom, and itwill be clearly seen that the strips offer little surface to catch dust,and that by taking out a drawer the spools of silk or other articlescontained in it may be brushed or dusted off upon their under and uppersides. That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. A sliding drawer for exhibiting spools of silk, having its bottomcomposed of the front and rear longitudinal ledges, ff, the series ofwalls of the drawer, which bars or strips conupright rigid cross-bars,and the series of rigid cross-bars e, resting on the ledges f f, saidcrossbars being of a height less than the height of the drawer, andconstituting a skeleton bottom to the latter, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

2. A sliding drawer for exhibiting spools of silk, having its bottomcomposed of a series of intersecting longitudinal and transverse rigidbars or strips, gand e, of a height less than the

